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Inside a High-Impact Nutrition Course: Practical Uses of Dietary Analysis, SmartBook, and AI

Faculty-led strategies using McGraw Hill Connect® to support applied, engaging nutrition learning

  • Higher Education
  • Event
  • Webinar
  • On-demand
  • Nutrition
  • 60 Minutes
  • On-Demand Video

Description

Step inside a high-impact nutrition course and learn how one instructor uses McGraw Hill Connect® to bring dietary analysis, adaptive learning, and AI together in meaningful ways. In this faculty-led session, Sarah Larson (University of Rhode Island) shares practical strategies for using NutritionCalc Plus, SmartBook, and AI Reader to help students analyze data, apply concepts, and engage more deeply with course content. You’ll leave with concrete ideas you can adapt right away—and a clearer view of how Connect supports student success across nutrition courses.

About Your Speaker

  • Sarah Larson MS, RD, LDN -

    Sarah Larson MS, RD, LDN

    Sarah Larson, Associate Teaching Professor and Undergraduate Programs Director of the Department of Nutrition at the University of Rhode Island earned her BS and MS in Nutrition and Food Science at the University of Rhode Island (URI). Following graduation, she completed her dietetic internship through Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA. Sarah is an Associate Teaching Professor and she teaches many courses for the department, including large introductory nutrition courses to first-year students across the campus as well as upper-level courses to those pursuing degrees in nutrition and dietetics. In addition, Sarah is the Undergraduate Programs Director, which includes the Didactic Program in Dietetics. Through mentorship and planning that begins in the first year, Sarah aims to help students in the program prepare for life after URI.